Why is sustainability important to Manulife? At Manulife, we are quite literally invested in the health and wellness of our customers. Supporting a greener, low-carbon economy will have a positive impact on our customers' lives and ultimately benefits our business. According to the World Health Organization, the direct damage costs of climate change to [...]
Authored by Nicky Lung, CABC Executive Director Today is International Women’s Day and as a new mother, it holds new meaning now that I’m part of this exclusive and exceptional sorority. As such, I’d like to dedicate my message to honor a particularly resilient and hardworking group of women in business –working moms. 2022 [...]
By 2030, Asia will be home to over 65% of the world’s middle class, and the increasing food demand will require approximately US$1.55 trillion of investment in food production. With much of this demand-driven by the rapidly-growing emerging markets in ASEAN, Canadian agricultural products and innovations will become increasingly important in ensuring a diverse [...]
Ciena is a networking system, services, and software company driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation. With more than 7,000 employees working in over 35 countries, Ciena delivers the next-generation solutions communications service providers require to build and evolve their networks. Canada is home to one-third of Ciena’s workforce and a vital part [...]
In our previous blog, we talked about how long it took for Canada to negotiate and arrive at free trade agreements. This gave you a better understanding of how the Canada-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement can potentially progress. While there are different challenges to negotiating a Canada- ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, from a process point [...]
As a continuation of our 3-part blog series about the free trade negotiation process, CABC Advocacy Chair Geoff Donald offers his insights about other free trade agreements that Canada has negotiated. This provides readers with a better understanding of the timeline of the trade negotiation process. Canada has signed four other multilateral free trade agreements [...]
Job Summary The CABC is looking for an Events & Marketing Specialist to support its operations. The contract position is on a full-time basis and will last for one (1) year, with the possibility of extension. As an Events & Marketing Specialist, you will be working closely with the CABC on the following areas [...]
With Canada and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) to begin negotiations towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), it is important that companies and individuals understand the negotiating process and how they might be able to provide input and feedback to the negotiating team. In this 3-part blog series, CABC Advocacy Chair Geoff [...]
The PERIPHERY report is a new series developed by Accommcan Communications and BriteBirch Collective, two Canada-based communications consultancies with a passion for driving increased collaboration between Canada and countries in Asia Pacific. The Cleantech edition is the second in the series. The report examines the accelerating cleantech industry in Canada and Asia and learn [...]
The CABC, in collaboration with our Patron Member Manulife, released a position paper on Vaccine Rollouts and the COVID-19 Recovery in ASEAN. This paper incorporates the insights of the Canadian private sector to offer key recommendations on how ASEAN can improve its multilateral vaccination efforts - which is essential for the safe re-opening [...]
